SILENT HOUSES follows young couple Cecily and Ralph, who are frantically navigating the cost-of-living crisis, chasing cheaper accommodations while dreaming of starting a family. Whilst Cecily is torn between the immediate reality of their financial situation and her tarnished fantasy of becoming ballet dancer, Ralph struggles to find any legal routes to earn money. When Cecily becomes unexpectedly pregnant, the couple are forced to confront their own pasts and contend with the turbulent landscape of Britain in constant crisis. Beneath it all lies a life-altering revelation.

SILENT HOUSES delves into the psychological impact poverty can have on family life and our understanding of the self. The play explores how the established power structures that govern working-class areas enforce a culture of silence which can be felt by both individuals and entire communities. It asks urgent questions of a society which prioritises some voices over others and directs our attention to the fantasies, the fury and the fervour of lives which remain perpetually unheard.